The Diamond Jubilee Scottish Thanksgiving Service

:00:31. > :00:37.Good morning. Welcome to a special programme marking Her Majesty's

:00:37. > :00:40.service of thanksz giving in glass -- thanksgiving service in Glasgow.

:00:40. > :00:44.This week, it is Scotland's turn and this morning in the

:00:44. > :00:48.surroundings of Glasgow Cathedral a religious celebration of the life

:00:48. > :00:51.of the monarch. Well, we will bring you full coverage starting with the

:00:52. > :00:59.arrival of the Queen accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh. The Royal

:00:59. > :01:06.car is due in less than half an hour to arrive at Cathedral Tahrir

:01:07. > :01:12.Square which -- cathedral Square. The Royal car will be drawing up

:01:12. > :01:18.beside me. We have an overview of events. Later on I will be getting

:01:18. > :01:21.expert opinion on all matters to do with shiflery and behaviour.

:01:21. > :01:26.Thousands of people are taking part in garden parties in celebrations

:01:26. > :01:32.throughout Scotland this week, but this service here in Glasgow

:01:32. > :01:42.anchoring these celebrations in the West of Scotland is significant

:01:42. > :01:45.

:01:45. > :01:51.History, continuity, service, the core watch words today and this

:01:51. > :01:57.magnificent cathedral typifies all three. This majestic building. As

:01:57. > :02:02.we speak, you can see the Royal Company of Archers, the Queen's

:02:02. > :02:11.bodyguard in Scotland entering via the West Wing. They are part of

:02:11. > :02:21.this great service. Part of this great occasion. The choir. This

:02:21. > :02:30.building was founded in 1197. Consider that history, back to the

:02:30. > :02:37.origins of Scotland. History, continuity, service and Her

:02:37. > :02:45.The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh are on schedule. There is time for

:02:45. > :02:53.me to introduce my guests. They will help us put into context

:02:54. > :03:03.the wider impact of the Queen's jubilee celebrations.

:03:03. > :03:07.I am joined by Professor Tom Divine and Kate Williams who has written a

:03:07. > :03:14.biography about the early years of the Queen's life. Here is how this

:03:14. > :03:20.morning will proceed. At 10.5pm, the Queen -- 10.55pm the Queen and

:03:20. > :03:30.the Duke of Edinburgh will arrive by car to Glasgow Cathedral. The

:03:30. > :03:33.

:03:33. > :03:39.service will last for over an hour. The couple will take the trip to

:03:39. > :03:48.George Square. Most of the congregation are settled inside

:03:48. > :03:52.Glasgow Cathedral and are enjoying the architecture. It really is

:03:52. > :04:02.impressive. Biblical figures depicted on the famous stained

:04:02. > :04:05.

:04:05. > :04:09.glass windows look down on the faces. We saw the advocate General

:04:09. > :04:17.in the UK Government. The young man there is the Duke of Hamilton. He

:04:17. > :04:27.is being greeted or about to be greeted by a member of the Lord

:04:27. > :04:27.

:04:27. > :04:37.Lion Team who he knows very well. Lord Patel and Lady Patel.

:04:37. > :04:41.

:04:41. > :04:49.And then another well-known face, Trisha Marwik, elected last year.

:04:49. > :04:58.Annabel Goldie came in behind her. There is the wife of a minister of

:04:58. > :05:06.the cathedral and Sir George Reid. I think we have got the entire set

:05:06. > :05:13.of Scotland's First Ministers here today.

:05:13. > :05:18.And then Lord Robertson and Lady Robertson. Lord Robertson, George

:05:18. > :05:25.Robertson a former Secretary- General of NATO. The Chief

:05:25. > :05:29.Constable of Glasgow, of the Strathclyde Police. We have all the

:05:29. > :05:38.forces represented today. Of course, the First Minister, Alex Salmond,

:05:38. > :05:41.taking some time out to meet the people as he arrived this morning.

:05:41. > :05:48.Now although this morning's service and the traditions upon which it

:05:48. > :05:58.calls are very rich in pageantry, it is less formal than the Golden

:05:58. > :06:01.

:06:01. > :06:04.Jubilee service in the same And here we have the choir of the

:06:04. > :06:10.cathedral, the congregation are waiting patiently for the service

:06:10. > :06:18.to begin and the Ecclesiastical Procession is underway. That's Neil

:06:18. > :06:20.Gardner the minister who married Zara Phillips to Mike Tindall. You

:06:20. > :06:25.see among the Ecclesiastical Procession some young faces. They

:06:25. > :06:30.are the school pupils hol lead the -- who will lead the prayers when

:06:30. > :06:33.the service proper gets underway. Quite a remarkable building. It had

:06:33. > :06:39.a Christian presence since the fifth century, but this particular

:06:39. > :06:44.building that you see there, the nave, this building was consecrated

:06:44. > :06:48.in 1197. There have been 800 years of continuous worship on this site

:06:48. > :06:53.and today the prayers being offered for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.

:06:53. > :06:57.Let's move through from the nave to the choir where the service proper

:06:57. > :07:01.will take place next to where the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh

:07:01. > :07:06.will sit. You see Alex Salmond and his wife there in the front row. Mr

:07:06. > :07:12.Salmond will read a lesson as part of the service and in praise of the

:07:12. > :07:16.Queen during this Diamond Jubilee. He will say the Queen has been an

:07:16. > :07:21.integral part of the history of our nation. The cathedral is decked out

:07:21. > :07:27.for the occasion. Let's glance at the flowers there. Aren't they

:07:27. > :07:31.remarkable, 60 flowers next to where the Queen will sit. One for

:07:31. > :07:35.each year of her reign. Look closely at the roses, there are

:07:35. > :07:39.diamonds in the centre of many of them to represent, of course, the

:07:39. > :07:42.Diamond Jubilee. Isn't that a gorgeous touch? It is beautiful.

:07:42. > :07:47.Back to the nave now where you see the Ecclesiastical Procession

:07:47. > :07:52.coming through in the nave. There are representatives from various

:07:52. > :08:00.organisations that have the Queen as their patron, but let's pick out

:08:00. > :08:05.a face, Mary McIlroy, she has the pink hat there. Mary has attended

:08:05. > :08:10.service here for some 79 years. She tells me that she is 92 years old

:08:10. > :08:14.and doesn't mind who knows it! She attends service every single week

:08:14. > :08:16.and has been here for all the Royal services, she is standing along

:08:16. > :08:19.with the others as the Ecclesiastical Procession comes

:08:19. > :08:25.through. Throughout the rest of the nave, there are organisations that

:08:25. > :08:29.have the Queen as their patron, support for veterans, the arts, and

:08:29. > :08:33.sciences and even one of those 44 organisations that include the

:08:33. > :08:37.Scottish Football Association. My guess is that they could use some

:08:37. > :08:42.advice at the present moment whether it is regal or divine! But

:08:42. > :08:45.all of the congregation there, whether in the choir, whether in

:08:45. > :08:53.the nave, they are awaitling the beginning -- awaiting the beginning

:08:53. > :09:03.of this service in thoughtful anticipation.

:09:03. > :09:04.

:09:04. > :09:08.Now, as I promised earlier, I am joined by the Royal-watcher, Roddie.

:09:08. > :09:13.It is like a Royal office. It sounds like I'm sitting up a

:09:13. > :09:15.tree with field glasses! You have written about the Royal Family and

:09:15. > :09:21.their relationship with Scotland. What do you think is distinctive

:09:21. > :09:24.about that? I think the lovely thing about the monarchy in

:09:24. > :09:29.Scotland, it is something we have got used to in our life times. It

:09:29. > :09:34.is about history and tradition. The monarchy and the Queen glues our

:09:34. > :09:38.nation together. It's a rather important symbolic function above

:09:38. > :09:46.politics, I think we are fortunate therefore to have the Queen who has

:09:46. > :09:50.done her duties through her 0 years with such dedication and such

:09:50. > :09:55.generosity and you know, we are so lucky to have her.

:09:55. > :09:59.Do you think that the way the services are constructed, more

:09:59. > :10:04.recently, for example, we understand today's service is less

:10:04. > :10:10.formal. Has there been a change in the levels of the formality and who

:10:10. > :10:13.is involved now? The ceremony is more all embracing which is a good

:10:13. > :10:18.thing. It is important for the Queen to be seen by her people, to

:10:18. > :10:22.move amongst them and for us to appreciate how splendid and

:10:22. > :10:25.wonderful she is. The monarchy does have this role of bringing people

:10:25. > :10:30.together and in the past it perhaps was a bit stuffy. It was detached.

:10:30. > :10:34.It was a little bit out of reach for the average punter in the

:10:34. > :10:39.street, now I think we don't make a big fuss about these things in

:10:39. > :10:42.Scotland. We like the idea of the Queen, the monarch, because she is

:10:42. > :10:47.one of us and that's what it is all about. She is one of us.

:10:47. > :10:54.What about anchoring it here in the West? How significant is that?

:10:54. > :11:04.Normally we associate things with St Giles in Edinburgh, but a bit

:11:04. > :11:06.

:11:06. > :11:16.special that today is anchored in the West? Glasgow is Scotland's

:11:16. > :11:19.

:11:19. > :11:22.largest city. This is where Glasgow started off with St Mungo and this

:11:22. > :11:25.wonderful church - it is appropriate that this is where we

:11:25. > :11:31.should be. Thank you so much for that.

:11:31. > :11:35.Jacqui, the Royal Family have a distinctive relationship with

:11:35. > :11:44.Scotland and that will be reflected in the nature and the style of the

:11:44. > :11:52.Wasn't that a nice touch on the flowers? The beginning of July is

:11:52. > :11:57.the time the Royal Family come to Scotland. The Queen's strong bonds

:11:57. > :12:03.with Scotland predate her reign, although born in England, the Queen

:12:03. > :12:09.Mother considered herself a a proud Scot. She instilled in her daughter

:12:09. > :12:16.a love of the Highlands which she has passed through her own family.

:12:16. > :12:23.Sally Magnusson looks back at this 1953, and after the coronation, the

:12:23. > :12:25.Queen came north. Slowly the Royal coach party moves

:12:26. > :12:29.forward. Not many folk had television, but

:12:29. > :12:32.they came out in their thousands to see her.

:12:32. > :12:36.The honours of Scotland which survived through the centuries are

:12:36. > :12:39.now to be offered to Her Majesty as a demonstration of the loyalty of

:12:40. > :12:45.her Scottish subjects. Right across the country, the

:12:45. > :12:50.crowds were enormous. In Glasgow, 300 people were crushed as the

:12:51. > :12:56.crowds surged forward. She was the glamorous new superstar monarch.

:12:56. > :13:00.When she smiled her face was radiant. It was just a wonderful,

:13:00. > :13:04.beaming, happy smile. Of course, the Queen has never been

:13:04. > :13:08.a stranger to Scotland. She holidayed here as a child and

:13:08. > :13:12.continued the tradition as monarch with annual trips to Balmoral.

:13:12. > :13:19.These gave her and continue to give her some much appreciated privacy

:13:19. > :13:26.to enjoy her family and indulge her love of the countryside. Well, the

:13:26. > :13:29.Queen is a local local laird. She is treated as one of the locals and

:13:29. > :13:33.people frequently come across her and it is well-known for people

:13:33. > :13:37.just to stop and have a chat. As you would with any other local.

:13:37. > :13:42.In her 60 years, she met thousands of Scots as she has opened new

:13:42. > :13:46.towns and tunnels, named bridges and launched ships. She has seen

:13:46. > :13:50.North Sea Oil coming ashore and done walkabouts, and inspected

:13:50. > :13:57.troops and been at the receiving end of more presentations than most

:13:57. > :14:01.of us had hot dinners! A gift of smoked haddock in a

:14:01. > :14:06.special box. And you can never beat a good

:14:06. > :14:09.haddie. She had been to parts of the country no monarch visited in

:14:09. > :14:12.centuries. Only 150 men, women, and children

:14:12. > :14:18.live here. She is very, very keen on things

:14:18. > :14:22.Scottish. She makes it her business to go around Scotland. Her repeat

:14:22. > :14:29.visits to Scotland symbolise clearly how much Scotland means to

:14:29. > :14:33.her and how important being the Queen of Scotland is to her as well.

:14:33. > :14:41.At times of national tragedy, she has paid respect to families and

:14:41. > :14:51.expressed the country's grief in the aftermath of the Dunblane

:14:51. > :14:52.

:14:52. > :14:57.shootings and those who lost their lives on the oil rig.

:14:57. > :15:01.She opened every session of the new Holyrood Parliament.

:15:01. > :15:11.In the Diamond Jubilee year, amid celebrations around the country, it

:15:11. > :15:13.

:15:13. > :15:20.is clear that people old and young The Queen looked at me and gave me

:15:20. > :15:25.a smile. And I thought I could not have sung better. It was brilliant.

:15:25. > :15:30.Her I admire her tremendously. Her stamina is extraordinary. She seems

:15:30. > :15:34.to be able to stand for hours, meeting all sorts of people. Not

:15:34. > :15:39.many people of her age could manage to do what she does. The remarkable

:15:39. > :15:44.thing about the Queen is that she has not only earned her respect

:15:44. > :15:48.over the last 60 years, but our affection as well. Just as her

:15:48. > :15:55.enthusiasm for Scotland remains undimmed, Scotts' enthusiasm for

:15:55. > :16:00.her shows no sign of waning either. Let's get my guests' thoughts on

:16:00. > :16:04.that look back at the screen -- the Queen in Scotland. Tom, what

:16:05. > :16:09.strikes me is the passage of time. She became Queen in another age.

:16:09. > :16:13.was another world. If you look at that period, rationing had just

:16:13. > :16:19.finished. There was a period of austerity after the Second World

:16:19. > :16:23.War. The Empire, apart from India, was virtually intact. And the great

:16:23. > :16:26.industries of the 19th century still existed. If you look at the

:16:26. > :16:32.present day, the workers formation would be appropriate in terms of

:16:32. > :16:37.the economic and social history of Scotland over the last century. And

:16:37. > :16:41.yet you get this remarkable thread of continuity, not simply an

:16:41. > :16:47.institution, but a woman who has lived through it. There is

:16:47. > :16:50.something deeply symbolic about that. It is one of the longest

:16:50. > :17:00.reigns in history that any historian can remember, possibly

:17:00. > :17:03.the longest. And also a period of extraordinary discontinuity. One of

:17:03. > :17:07.the interesting things to me is that your commentators so far have

:17:07. > :17:12.talked about the Queen. It would be interesting if the debate was then

:17:12. > :17:20.broadened out to the institution of monarchy and what will happen post

:17:20. > :17:23.this particular queen. We might be doing that later. But watching the

:17:24. > :17:32.video there and how brilliantly she fulfils the role, it is easy to

:17:32. > :17:36.forget that she was never meant to be Queen. That is the amazing thing.

:17:36. > :17:39.She is the 20th century. She was born in 1926 and lived through the

:17:39. > :17:44.Great Depression and the Second World War. The Second World War was

:17:44. > :17:48.announced when she was in Scotland. She was never meant to be Queen. It

:17:48. > :17:52.is only thanks to the fact that Edward VIII fell in love with

:17:52. > :17:57.Wallis Simpson, did not want to be King and gave the French to his

:17:57. > :18:02.brother, George VI, was traumatised by the idea of being king. So

:18:02. > :18:07.Elizabeth herself heard when she was just 10. She was at home in

:18:07. > :18:11.London, and the people were outside, shouting and making noise. She said

:18:11. > :18:16.to a footman, what is this? And he said, your uncle has abdicated and

:18:16. > :18:20.your father is king. And she went to Margaret and said, this is news!

:18:20. > :18:26.Daddy is going to be King. And Margaret said, are you going to be

:18:26. > :18:32.Queen, then? She said, I suppose so. And that was that. She rotaed her

:18:32. > :18:35.notes from her swimming lesson. -- she wrote up her notes from her

:18:35. > :18:39.swimming lesson. She was an organised child, and that is the

:18:39. > :18:45.way she has always dealt with moments of great historic change.

:18:45. > :18:49.She gets on with her duty. And then her life changed. We are seeing

:18:49. > :18:54.shots of the magnificent Glasgow Cathedral now. Bells are being run

:18:54. > :18:58.to herald the Queen's arrival. Religion is very important to her.

:18:58. > :19:02.After her life changed, this was a young girl who was schooled in

:19:02. > :19:07.theology by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Everything changed from

:19:07. > :19:11.the age of 10. Before that, she was a little girl. Her parents set, we

:19:11. > :19:16.just want her to have a happy life and a happy marriage. Once you are

:19:16. > :19:19.heir to the throne, that will be different. After she became heir to

:19:19. > :19:24.the throne, she was still light, but she did have religious

:19:24. > :19:30.instruction. There was a lot of Bible reading and me to axe but the

:19:30. > :19:34.archbishop. Religion is important to the Queen. She does prey, and

:19:34. > :19:39.she sees herself as answerable to God. That is why she will never

:19:39. > :19:44.abdicate. She sees herself as having been given the role by God,

:19:44. > :19:48.and she will not give it up. It is her duty, and there is no way she

:19:49. > :19:53.will be like Edward VIII and give up on it because she does not feel

:19:53. > :20:00.like it any more. She will be here till her last breath. Let's go back

:20:00. > :20:04.into the cathedral now. Is everyone in place, Brian? They are indeed.

:20:04. > :20:11.As the bell rings, there will be music of another kind which will

:20:11. > :20:21.herald the Queen's arrival. They are standing to attention, the

:20:21. > :20:23.

:20:23. > :20:30.trumpeters of the Royal Marines. They will play a herald welcome. In

:20:30. > :20:35.the choir, you see the various politicians, waiting. There are

:20:35. > :20:41.members of the police service and the other emergency services. It is

:20:41. > :20:50.also a tribute to the work they do. This is a Christian

:20:50. > :20:54.interdenominational service. There are various church leaders. Each

:20:54. > :21:00.element will be represented. They will do prayers and readings. As

:21:00. > :21:02.well as being a Christian service, this is an inter-faith occasion.

:21:02. > :21:07.Representatives of the Muslim community and Buddhist community

:21:08. > :21:16.are here. And at the end, there is a representative of the Greek

:21:16. > :21:22.Orthodox Church, all invited. In the cross itself, it is 70 years

:21:22. > :21:26.old, but it is attached to a pillar that is 700 years old. You can see

:21:26. > :21:29.the symbol of the Lamb of God. I draw this to your attention because

:21:29. > :21:35.it will feature in the sermon delivered by the Moderator of the

:21:35. > :21:39.General Assembly. The Lamb of God represents the idea of a uplift

:21:39. > :21:44.from Christ, the idea of triumphing over disaster. The Moderator will

:21:44. > :21:47.talk about that and the contemporary context with the

:21:47. > :21:52.difficulties Scotland and the UK are facing. As well as that sense

:21:52. > :21:59.of history, there are young people in the congregation, five young

:21:59. > :22:06.pupils from schools across Glasgow who will lead prayers as part of

:22:06. > :22:10.the service which marks the Diamond Jubilee of her Majesty the Queen.

:22:10. > :22:20.The Herald's are arriving, waiting to greet her Majesty the Queen as

:22:20. > :22:27.she arrives. Those young people will be leading their prayers when

:22:27. > :22:31.the service proper is under way. Les leave the scenes at the

:22:31. > :22:36.cathedral for a moment. Tom, let's discuss Scotland's relationship

:22:36. > :22:40.with the monarchy, as you flagged up earlier. Strong bombs have been

:22:41. > :22:45.forged, but they seem to have been getting stronger over recent

:22:45. > :22:51.generations? Are I think they will get stronger in terms of the

:22:52. > :22:57.persona of the current monarch. She is not only respected, but there is

:22:57. > :23:02.a great deal of affection for her because of the duty she has carried

:23:02. > :23:10.out so magnificently, especially at a time when so many of our

:23:10. > :23:16.authority figures elsewhere, in politics and other areas... Or we

:23:16. > :23:20.had the MSP scandal and the banking scenario. Exactly. And therefore,

:23:20. > :23:28.the establishment Writ Large has taken a battering over the last few

:23:28. > :23:33.years. For she stands out in this perfect storm as a figure who is

:23:33. > :23:39.beyond criticism. She has not put a foot wrong. There is a wonderful

:23:39. > :23:48.complementarity between her and her consort, Prince Philip, who tells

:23:48. > :23:55.the odd joke from time to time. That also highlights the Queen's

:23:55. > :23:58.position and the relationship between them. It is also fair to

:23:59. > :24:06.say that the institution of monarchy, which is one of the clues

:24:06. > :24:11.of Britishness, is not as strong in Scotland. Let us now leave our

:24:11. > :24:21.discussion, because the crowds surrounding Glasgow Cathedral are

:24:21. > :24:24.

:24:24. > :24:29.getting their first glimpse of the royal car. Her Majesty the Queen,

:24:29. > :24:35.arriving outside Glasgow Cathedral, greeted by cheering crowds, many of

:24:35. > :24:40.whom have been waiting for hours. I arrived early this morning, but not

:24:40. > :24:43.early enough to beat the crowds. They were queueing already. The

:24:43. > :24:50.Queen is accompanied of course by Prince Philip, the Duke of

:24:50. > :24:57.Edinburgh. She is greeting those who will leave the service. The

:24:57. > :25:05.moderator, the Minister of the Church, Dr Laurence Whitley and the

:25:05. > :25:15.Reverend John Cairns, the Dean of her Majesty's Chapel Royal. Her

:25:15. > :25:15.

:25:15. > :25:59.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

:25:59. > :26:09.Majesty now moves towards the west # All people that on earth do dwell.

:26:09. > :26:10.

:26:10. > :26:20.# Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.

:26:20. > :26:20.

:26:20. > :26:30.# Him serve with mirth, his praise forth tell.

:26:30. > :26:44.

:26:44. > :26:54.# Come ye before him and rejoice. # Know that the Lord is God indeed.

:26:54. > :27:04.

:27:04. > :27:14.# Without our aid he doth us make. # We are his flock, he doth us feed.

:27:14. > :27:19.

:27:19. > :27:28.# And for his sheep he doth us take. # O enter then his gates with

:27:28. > :27:38.praise. # Approach with joy his courts

:27:38. > :27:39.

:27:39. > :27:49.unto: # Praise, laud, and bless his Name

:27:49. > :28:00.

:28:00. > :28:10.always. # For it is seemly so to do.

:28:10. > :28:18.

:28:18. > :28:28.# For why? The Lord our God is good. # His mercy is for ever sure.

:28:28. > :28:38.# His truth at all times firmly stood.

:28:38. > :29:05.

:29:05. > :29:15.# To Father, Son and Holy Ghost. # The God whom earth and heaven

:29:15. > :29:25.

:29:25. > :29:35.adore. # Be glory, as it was of old.

:29:35. > :30:11.

:30:11. > :30:21."For I know the plans I have for you", says the Lord, "and they are

:30:21. > :30:35.

:30:35. > :30:38.Almighty God, you are the glory of all the nations, by your hand you

:30:38. > :30:41.send the planets coursing on their way and at your commanding the

:30:41. > :30:51.stars come out by number and yet your eye remains upon each of us,

:30:51. > :30:56.

:30:56. > :30:59.each of us known and loved. We gather now as a nation in

:31:00. > :31:02.thanksgiving and joy for the blessing you have given us in our

:31:02. > :31:10.Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth, and that your goodness has brought

:31:10. > :31:20.her to this present hour. Enable us to recognise your unfolding plan

:31:20. > :31:23.

:31:24. > :31:27.behind the passage of these special years, a plan indeed for good.

:31:27. > :31:34.Forgive us if we have been heedless of the guidance and care that comes

:31:34. > :31:37.alone from you, which has never failed us, nor ever shall. Let

:31:37. > :31:45.these continue to shine and lead us onward until at length your good

:31:45. > :31:48.plan for all the nations comes to plan for all the nations comes to

:31:48. > :31:54.pass. This we ask through Jesus Christ, Our Lord, who taught us

:31:54. > :32:01.when we pray to say together: Our Father, which art in heaven,

:32:01. > :32:08.Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as

:32:08. > :32:15.it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our

:32:15. > :32:21.trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us

:32:21. > :32:31.not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom,

:32:31. > :32:34.

:32:34. > :32:36.the power, and the glory, for ever The first lesson will be read by

:32:36. > :32:46.the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond.

:32:46. > :32:50.

:32:50. > :32:54.He is being escorted to his place God is our refuge and strength, an

:32:54. > :32:57.ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though

:32:57. > :33:00.the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of

:33:00. > :33:03.the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with

:33:03. > :33:10.their surging.There is a river whose streams make glad the city of

:33:10. > :33:15.God, the holy place where the Most High dwells. God is within her, she

:33:15. > :33:21.will not fall. God will help her at break of day. Nations are in uproar,

:33:21. > :33:26.kingdoms fall. He lifts his voice, the earth melts. The Lord Almighty

:33:26. > :33:30.is with us. The God of Jacob is our fortress. Come and see what the

:33:30. > :33:33.Lord has done, the desolations he has brought on the earth. He makes

:33:33. > :33:38.wars cease to the ends of the earth. He breaks the bow and shatters the

:33:38. > :33:43.spear. He burns the shields with fire. He says, "Be still, and know

:33:43. > :33:48.that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations, I will be

:33:48. > :33:58.exalted in the earth." The Lord Almighty is with us. The God of

:33:58. > :34:02.

:34:02. > :34:05.Jacob is our fortress. Then the angel showed me the river of the

:34:05. > :34:13.water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and

:34:13. > :34:17.of the Lamb down the middle of the great street of the city. On each

:34:17. > :34:24.side of the river stood the tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit,

:34:24. > :34:33.yielding its fruit every month. And the leaves of the tree are for the

:34:33. > :34:37.healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. The throne

:34:37. > :34:46.of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his servants will

:34:46. > :34:55.serve him. They will see his face, and his name will be on their

:34:55. > :34:59.foreheads. There will be no more night. They will not need the light

:34:59. > :35:09.of a lamp or the light of the sun, for the Lord God will give them

:35:09. > :35:32.

:35:33. > :35:40.light. And they will reign for ever # Tell out, my soul, the greatness

:35:40. > :35:48.of the Lord! # Unnumbered blessings give my

:35:48. > :35:55.spirit voice. # Tender to me the promise of his

:35:55. > :36:05.word. # In God my Saviour shall my heart

:36:05. > :36:12.rejoice. # Tell out, my soul, the greatness

:36:12. > :36:19.of his Name! # Make known his might, the deeds

:36:19. > :36:28.his arm has done. # His mercy sure, from age to age

:36:28. > :36:37.to same. # His holy Name, the Lord, the

:36:37. > :36:44.Mighty One. # Tell out, my soul, the greatness

:36:44. > :36:51.of his might! # Powers and dominions lay their

:36:51. > :36:58.glory by. # Proud hearts and stubborn wills

:36:58. > :37:08.are put to flight, # The hungry fed, the humble lifted

:37:08. > :37:09.

:37:09. > :37:16.high. # Tell out, my soul, the glories of

:37:16. > :37:23.his word! # Firm is his promise, and his

:37:23. > :37:33.mercy sure. # Tell out, my soul, the greatness

:37:33. > :37:43.of the Lord # To children's children and for

:37:43. > :37:52.

:37:52. > :37:59.evermore! As the sound of the hymn fades away,

:37:59. > :38:02.Cardinal Keith O'Brien with a reading. The gospel of St Mark.

:38:02. > :38:07.Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him. "Teacher,"

:38:07. > :38:12.they said, "We want you to do for us whatever we ask." "What do you

:38:12. > :38:19.want me to do for you?" he asked. They replied, "Let one of us sit at

:38:19. > :38:26.your right and the other at your left in your glory." "You don't

:38:26. > :38:30.know what you are asking," Jesus said. "Can you drink the cup I

:38:30. > :38:36.drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?" "We

:38:36. > :38:39.can," they answered. Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I

:38:39. > :38:48.drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with, but to

:38:48. > :38:55.sit at my right or left is not for me to grant. These places belong to

:38:55. > :39:00.those for whom they have been prepared." When the ten heard about

:39:00. > :39:03.this, they became indignant with James and John. Jesus called them

:39:03. > :39:06.together and said, "You know that those who are regarded as rulers of

:39:06. > :39:16.the Gentiles lord it over them, and their high officials exercise

:39:16. > :39:18.

:39:18. > :39:21.authority over them. Not so with you. Instead, whoever wants to

:39:21. > :39:31.become great among you must be your servant, and whoever wants to be

:39:31. > :39:32.

:39:32. > :39:36.first must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man did not come to

:39:36. > :39:46.be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for

:39:46. > :39:48.

:39:48. > :39:54.many." The end of the gospel reading.

:39:54. > :40:04.And now an anthem composed for this Diamond Jubilee year by Francis

:40:04. > :40:04.

:40:04. > :41:07.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

:41:07. > :41:17.# The Christian plummet sounding heav'n and earth.

:41:17. > :41:28.

:41:28. > :41:32.# Engine against th'Almightie, sinners towre,

:41:32. > :41:42.# Reversed thunder, Christ-side- piercing spear,

:41:42. > :41:44.

:41:44. > :41:54.# The six-daies world-transposing in an houre,

:41:54. > :42:31.

:42:31. > :42:41.# A kinde of tune, which all things # Peace and joy

:42:41. > :42:41.

:42:41. > :43:35.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

:43:36. > :43:45.# And love # # Church-bels beyond the starres

:43:46. > :43:50.

:43:50. > :44:00.heard, the souls bloud, # The land of spices, something

:44:00. > :44:00.

:44:00. > :45:30.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

:45:30. > :45:33.Let us pray. Lord of all, as our Saviour intercedes for us, so we

:45:33. > :45:36.pray for people the world over, your whole family of nations, races

:45:36. > :45:38.and creeds, that accepting and rejoicing in diversity, we may find

:45:38. > :45:41.understanding where there was once suspicion, tolerance where there

:45:41. > :45:45.has been division, generosity in the face of need, peace for those

:45:45. > :45:55.living with the scourge of war and violence and the love of the God of

:45:55. > :46:05.

:46:05. > :46:13.Generosity in the face of need, peace for those living with the

:46:13. > :46:22.scourge of war and violence and your love, oh god of love, in all

:46:22. > :46:27.life. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

:46:27. > :46:31.At this time of celebration, we pray that your spirit may guide,

:46:31. > :46:38.your power protect and your love enfold the Queen as she fulfils her

:46:38. > :46:42.many duties. Bless Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Charles,

:46:42. > :46:48.Duke Of wrath say and all members of the Royal Family in their

:46:48. > :46:58.service of the nation. May we ever find in them an example of

:46:58. > :47:01.

:47:01. > :47:05.dedication and selfless service. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

:47:05. > :47:08.By your spirit of truth and love, lead or those who bear the

:47:08. > :47:12.responsibility of government and leadership in the nation, members

:47:12. > :47:19.of the parliaments of both Scotland and the United Kingdom, members of

:47:19. > :47:25.local authorities and all who act on behalf of the people of Scotland.

:47:25. > :47:35.May they serve to enhance the life of the whole community and never

:47:35. > :47:39.

:47:39. > :47:44.just selfish or sectarian interest. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

:47:44. > :47:50.Lord Of Love, touch the hearts of all in this nation. May the talons

:47:50. > :47:56.and work of every citizen be valued, encouraged to grow and to develop

:47:56. > :48:03.so that freedom, neighbourliness and generosity become its hallmarks,

:48:03. > :48:12.with no one rejected and all held in respect. Lord in your mercy,

:48:12. > :48:16.hear our prayer. We pray for all those who in our

:48:16. > :48:25.name are called to serve the Queen and the country in the forces of

:48:25. > :48:32.the Crown and strive to bring peace and security at home and overseas.

:48:32. > :48:42.May they be courageous in danger, resolute in adversity and kindly

:48:42. > :48:45.

:48:45. > :48:51.and success. Especially this day, we hole before God, the airmen of

:48:51. > :49:01.Lossiemouth and their families and all in need of God's help, healing

:49:01. > :49:05.and hope. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

:49:05. > :49:11.We pray for the young people of Scotland that they may appreciate

:49:11. > :49:16.the varieties of culture that form our nation's heritage, find a

:49:16. > :49:20.harmony that has eluded previous generations and be inspired and

:49:20. > :49:30.allowed to use the full breadth of their talent to the benefit of

:49:30. > :49:30.

:49:30. > :49:35.their country and the wider world. Lord in your mercy, hear our prayer.

:49:35. > :49:43.Oh, God, you seek the good of all your people and call us to share in

:49:43. > :49:50.that Ministry of love and peace. We pray that threw us, something of

:49:50. > :49:57.your light will shine on the world, some hope come to those who despair,

:49:57. > :50:04.some confidence to those who are anxious, some comfort to those who

:50:04. > :50:14.mourn and new signs of peace and love to all whom we meet. Lord in

:50:14. > :50:41.

:50:41. > :50:49.# How glorious Zion's courts appear. # The city of our God!

:50:49. > :50:59.# His throne he hath established here.

:50:59. > :51:06.

:51:06. > :51:13.# Here fixed his loved abode. # Its walls, defended by his grace.

:51:13. > :51:23.# No power shall e'er o'erthrow. # Salvation is its bulwark sure

:51:23. > :51:36.

:51:36. > :51:46.# Against the assailing foe. # Lift up the everlasting gates.

:51:46. > :51:51.

:51:51. > :52:00.# The doors wide open fling! # Enter, ye nations, who obey.

:52:00. > :52:10.# The statutes of our King! # Here shall ye taste unmingled

:52:10. > :52:14.

:52:14. > :52:24.joys. # And dwell in perfect peace.

:52:24. > :52:30.

:52:30. > :52:40.# Ye, who have known Jehovah's Name. # And trusted in his grace.

:52:40. > :52:40.

:52:40. > :52:42.# Trust in the Lord, for ever trust. # And banish all your fears;

:52:42. > :52:52.# Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells

:52:52. > :53:23.

:53:24. > :53:29.In the Name Of the Father, the Sun and the Holy Spirit, I would like

:53:29. > :53:34.to invite you to join with me in reflecting upon the significance of

:53:34. > :53:39.three metaphors found in this reading from revelation chapter two,

:53:39. > :53:44.this one. The first metaphor speaks of the lamb Upon the throne, the

:53:44. > :53:48.second is the city and the third is the river. I believe we can draw

:53:48. > :53:54.meaning and inspiration for our lives and our communities from

:53:54. > :53:59.these metaphors in John's vision. In times of great change and

:53:59. > :54:03.reordering of societies, those who are in leadership require a wisdom

:54:03. > :54:10.that goes beyond their years. They require knowledge that allows

:54:10. > :54:13.changed to be rooted in justice and integrity. Successful leaders

:54:14. > :54:20.inevitably will have it in a spiritual resources that sustain

:54:21. > :54:24.and strengthen them, giving them courage to lead. Of all the nations

:54:24. > :54:28.in the world, we in the British Isles and the Commonwealth have

:54:28. > :54:34.been blessed by the unstinting dedication of her Majesty the Queen

:54:34. > :54:40.and the Duke of Edinburgh. During these past 60 years of

:54:40. > :54:45.unprecedented change, her Majesty has brought the continuity and

:54:45. > :54:51.insight of a wise and gifted monarch, acting as a councillor and

:54:52. > :55:00.confidant to many a prime minister and world leader. And sometimes a

:55:00. > :55:05.humble parish minister. At the coronation, the then Moderator of

:55:05. > :55:09.the general assembly presented her Majesty with a copy of the Bible,

:55:09. > :55:16.while the Archbishop of Canterbury said these words. "we present you

:55:16. > :55:22.with this book, the most valuable thing that this world affords. Here

:55:22. > :55:29.his wisdom. This is the Royal law. These are the lively oracles of

:55:29. > :55:33.God." here lies the source that has sustained her Majesty. To be

:55:33. > :55:39.crowned Queen is to believe that you have been called have got to

:55:39. > :55:48.this high and noble office. With it comes a promise of dedication and

:55:48. > :55:54.commitment to God and the people. It is a covenant for life. The word

:55:54. > :56:00.covenant is an ancient word. Its roots are in the Old Testament. To

:56:00. > :56:06.make covenanted to be true to the promise you have made, even at a

:56:06. > :56:10.costly nature to sell. It is to dedicate oneself to the promise.

:56:10. > :56:14.Archbishop of Rowan Williams, last month at St Paul's, paraphrased

:56:14. > :56:19.some of the Queen's coronation vows, and said it was as if she was

:56:19. > :56:23.saying "I have no goals that are not the goals of this community. I

:56:23. > :56:29.have no well-being, no happiness that is not the well-being of the

:56:29. > :56:36.community. What will make me content or happy is what makes for

:56:36. > :56:42.the good of this particular part of the human family". In many ways,

:56:42. > :56:51.statements like these are to speak the language of heaven. It is to

:56:51. > :56:58.hear God saying "I am for you." it is to seek to establish a part of

:56:58. > :57:03.heaven on earth in the way that the Celtic monks spoke of their

:57:03. > :57:08.monasteries as colonies of heaven and it's the people. So the throne

:57:08. > :57:12.speaks to us of the power of service that comes through

:57:12. > :57:18.sacrifice and points the nation to the joy of living in service to

:57:18. > :57:25.each other. Hanging over the communion table in this cathedral

:57:25. > :57:32.is a cross. If you look closely at the heart of this cross, there is a

:57:32. > :57:39.lamb being crucified. The lamb Upon the throne is the great gospel

:57:39. > :57:47.paradox of power. He who would be great among you must first be the

:57:47. > :57:57.servant of all. The lamb is the one who gives his life, a ransom for

:57:57. > :58:01.many. Thus, he is worthy to receive honour, power and glory. So what of

:58:01. > :58:06.the second metaphor, the city? The Bible begins the creativity of God

:58:06. > :58:12.in a garden, and it concludes it in a city. Perhaps we need to pay more

:58:12. > :58:17.attention to the city's. They need rivers of healing running through

:58:17. > :58:23.their streets. These words from the Book of revelation may sound

:58:23. > :58:26.esoteric and far removed from the lives of 21st century people, yet

:58:26. > :58:33.they are contemporary enough to have influenced the generation that

:58:33. > :58:39.is in search of a homeland, a city where the streets Have No Name, to

:58:39. > :58:45.paraphrase a quote from U2. For deep down in the human heart, there

:58:45. > :58:51.is a yearning for something we have lost and never had, a feeling of

:58:51. > :58:58.being homesick. The writer of the Hebrews describes it as looking for

:58:58. > :59:06.the city that is to come. All over the world, people are migrating to

:59:06. > :59:09.cities, looking for something that will make them better. Our cities,

:59:09. > :59:17.for many people, are places of violence and inequality, where the

:59:17. > :59:21.purpose of economy seems to serve the few at the expense of the many.

:59:22. > :59:27.But here, in this metaphor, is a city where healing and harmony

:59:27. > :59:31.flows through the streets from the throne. It is on occasions like

:59:31. > :59:37.this that our eyes are lifted towards things that are beyond the

:59:37. > :59:41.material to that which is spiritual and enriching. We have come here to

:59:41. > :59:48.think of the things that, in the words of the apostle Paul, R Noble,

:59:48. > :59:53.true and praiseworthy. Surely we come here to this magnificent

:59:53. > :59:59.cathedral to be inspired, to be renewed, to dare to believe in a

:59:59. > :00:09.vision that our cities themselves can be transformed by the power of

:00:09. > :00:13.

:00:13. > :00:19.prayer and the example of service And what of the river? The river is

:00:19. > :00:26.in the street of the great city. There is a river that makes glad

:00:26. > :00:31.the city of God. All cities have their rivers. And there is no city

:00:31. > :00:36.that could be prouder of its river than Glasgow. The city has the

:00:36. > :00:43.Clyde and it has been the source of wealth and a life of the

:00:43. > :00:47.inhabitants of the great city from the days of St Mungo to our present

:00:47. > :00:53.time. In this river some of the first Christians in Glasgow were

:00:53. > :00:57.baptised. In this river some of the greatest ships that that touched a

:00:57. > :01:01.thousand ports have been launched. This river, has brought great joy.

:01:01. > :01:05.But here in my text this morning, we are connecting with the river as

:01:05. > :01:09.the source of joy in the city of God.

:01:09. > :01:19.It is of the presence of the Spirit of God flowing like a river into

:01:19. > :01:23.

:01:23. > :01:28.the lives of his people. As we celebrate this, Her Majesty's

:01:28. > :01:35.Diamond Jubilee, perhaps we might let the wisdom from the most

:01:35. > :01:40.valuable book in the world speak to our hearts. By allowing the Lamb

:01:40. > :01:50.upon the throne to speak of the forgiveness of since and the joy of

:01:50. > :01:55.service. The city of God to become the model to build our cities upon.

:01:55. > :02:03.And the Old Testament concept of jubilee to be a river making

:02:03. > :02:11.justice for the poor, a hallmark of our nation. In doing such things,

:02:11. > :02:17.may this become the greatest lasting tribute to a Godley monarch

:02:17. > :02:21.her throne. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit,

:02:21. > :02:27.Amen. Let us pray together.

:02:27. > :02:30.God of time and eternity, whose Son reigns as servant, not master. We

:02:30. > :02:32.give you thanks and praise that you have blessed this Nation, the

:02:32. > :02:39.Realms and Territories with Elizabeth, our beloved and glorious

:02:39. > :02:43.Queen. In this year of Jubilee, grant her your gifts of love and

:02:43. > :02:46.joy and peace as she continues in faithful obedience to you, her Lord

:02:46. > :02:49.and God, and in devoted service to her lands and peoples, and those of

:02:49. > :02:59.the Commonwealth, now and all the days of her life; through Jesus

:02:59. > :03:07.

:03:07. > :03:13.Christ our Lord. Amen. That commissioned jubilee prayer

:03:13. > :03:18.concluding the sermon by the moderator, revelation and Clyde and

:03:18. > :03:22.U2, but a sense of optimism and if there is optimism it must lie in

:03:22. > :03:27.the young and we have five prayers of thanksgiving led by five pupils

:03:27. > :03:29.from five schools in Glasgow. Let us pray. We give thanks that

:03:29. > :03:32.for sixty years our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth,has given unstinted

:03:32. > :03:34.and dedicated service to Scotland, the United Kingdom and the

:03:34. > :03:38.Commonwealth, borne witness to the strengthening power of faith and

:03:38. > :03:41.trust in you, given the benefit of wisdom and experience to those in

:03:41. > :03:51.whom power resides, and to so many a confidence to meet the challenges

:03:51. > :04:05.

:04:05. > :04:08.of an ever changing world. Lord, we thank you.

:04:08. > :04:10.We give thanks that this Nation has been blessed through the

:04:10. > :04:12.generations with people of faith, vision, courage, ingenuity and

:04:12. > :04:15.wisdom, folk with skill, inspiration and talent in writing,

:04:15. > :04:18.music and all the arts, engineering and science, philosophy and

:04:18. > :04:21.medicine, folk who have contributed to learning and given life and work

:04:21. > :04:31.far beyond our borders and thus enhanced the sum of human knowledge

:04:31. > :04:42.

:04:42. > :04:45.and experience. Lord, we thank you. We give thanks that with a heritage

:04:45. > :04:47.that cherishes freedom and defends rights for every person, Scotland

:04:47. > :04:57.seeks to welcome the oppressed, the refugee and the homeless, the

:04:57. > :04:57.

:04:58. > :05:00.stranger and the visitor with hospitality and friendliness. We

:05:00. > :05:03.give thanks that the gifts and insights of many cultures and

:05:03. > :05:06.colour expand our national life encouraging us to reach beyond old

:05:06. > :05:16.boundaries and prejudices and grow to be the people you would have us

:05:16. > :05:22.

:05:22. > :05:25.be. Lord, we thank you. We give thanks for all those in

:05:25. > :05:28.Scotland who have the courage to bring us new knowledge,

:05:28. > :05:31.understandings and insights that enable us to cross old and limiting

:05:31. > :05:36.barriers, to break new ground and lead us to be a country prepared to

:05:36. > :05:46.meet today's challenges and seizing its opportunities. Lord, we thank

:05:46. > :05:47.

:05:47. > :05:50.you. We give thanks for all those whom

:05:50. > :05:52.we cherish in the circle of love and care around us, parents and

:05:52. > :06:01.children, brothers and sisters, friends and neighbours for all they

:06:01. > :06:05.bring to our lives and for that which we can bring to them. Through

:06:05. > :06:08.all such, we are reminded that your love is greater than our love and

:06:08. > :06:14.that you hold us all in that love which stretches even beyond death

:06:14. > :06:21.itself. So through Christ our Lord we may claim to be part of your

:06:21. > :06:31.praising and loved family, on earth and in heaven. Thanks be to God who

:06:31. > :06:47.

:06:47. > :06:57.knows our needs and hears our # Glory be to God the Father,

:06:57. > :06:57.

:06:57. > :07:07.# Glory be to God the Son, # Glory be to God the Spirit,

:07:07. > :07:10.

:07:10. > :07:20.# Great Jehovah, Three in One! # Glory, glory, glory, glory,

:07:20. > :07:23.

:07:23. > :07:28.# While eternal ages run! # Glory be to him who loved us,

:07:28. > :07:38.# Washed us from each spot and stain!

:07:38. > :07:40.

:07:40. > :07:50.# Glory be to him who bought us, # Made us kings with Him to reign!

:07:50. > :07:55.

:07:56. > :08:05.# Glory, glory, glory, glory, # To the Lamb that once was slain!

:08:06. > :08:07.

:08:07. > :08:13.# Glory to the King of angels, # Glory to the church's King,

:08:13. > :08:23.# Glory to the King of nations! # Heaven and earth, your praises

:08:23. > :08:33.bring. # Glory, glory, glory, glory,

:08:33. > :08:36.

:08:36. > :08:44.# To the King of glory bring! # "Glory, blessing, praise

:08:44. > :08:50.eternal!" # Thus the choir of angels sings.

:08:50. > :09:00.# "Honour, riches, power, dominion!"

:09:00. > :09:02.

:09:02. > :09:12.# Thus its praise creation brings; # Glory, glory, glory, glory,

:09:12. > :09:20.

:09:20. > :09:22.In this historic Kirk and Cathedral, and in fellowship with all who owe

:09:22. > :09:25.allegiance to our Sovereign Lady, Queen Elizabeth, we pledge

:09:25. > :09:34.ourselves today in faithful loyalty, duty and service to our Queen and

:09:34. > :09:38.to our Country. We pray that the Lord bless and keep The Queen, that

:09:38. > :09:44.she may put her hand into the hand of God and ever find that which is

:09:44. > :09:52.better than light and safer than a known way. Her ways thus becoming

:09:52. > :09:58.ways of gentleness and her paths, paths of peace. Through Jesus

:09:58. > :10:01.Christ our Lord. Amen. May the Lord Jesus Christ and God

:10:01. > :10:08.the Father, by grace, give to all good hope, encouragement of heart

:10:08. > :10:11.and strength in every good deed and word.

:10:11. > :10:21.The Blessing of God Almighty, the Father, the Son, and the Holy

:10:21. > :10:21.

:10:21. > :11:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

:11:01. > :11:11.Spirit be upon you and remain with # God save our gracious Queen,

:11:11. > :11:13.

:11:13. > :11:23.# Long live our noble Queen, # God save The Queen.

:11:23. > :11:25.

:11:25. > :11:35.# Send her victorious, # Happy and glorious,

:11:35. > :11:38.

:11:38. > :11:48.# Long to reign over us, # God save The Queen.

:11:48. > :11:50.

:11:50. > :12:00.# Thy choicest gifts in store # On her be pleased to pour,

:12:00. > :12:01.

:12:01. > :12:11.# Long may she reign. # May she defend our laws,

:12:11. > :12:13.

:12:13. > :12:23.# And ever give us cause # To sing with heart and voice,

:12:23. > :12:23.

:12:23. > :13:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 44 seconds

:13:41. > :13:49.As the members of the clergy bow to the Queen, we see some of the young

:13:49. > :13:58.pupils there who read the lessons, didn't they do splendidly? We have

:13:58. > :14:05.the Ecclesiastical Procession, Neil Gardner on the front who was - who

:14:05. > :14:10.conducted the marriage of the Queen's granddaughter.

:14:10. > :14:15.And there we have the heralds, very much part of the Royal procession.

:14:15. > :14:25.They are the presence of the Queen, the presence of the sovereign. They

:14:25. > :14:27.

:14:27. > :14:30.signify the presence of the sovereign.

:14:30. > :14:35.The Queen and Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, nodding and

:14:35. > :14:45.smiling to members of the congregation, this very large

:14:45. > :14:46.

:14:46. > :14:51.congregation. There is a descendant of Robert

:14:51. > :14:57.Bruce. Partnership looking amused by

:14:57. > :15:06.something as he comes through the screen that separates the choir

:15:06. > :15:10.from the nave in this 13th century cathedral. Now the high clerk of

:15:10. > :15:14.Glasgow. It is instrumental when we are thinking about history to

:15:14. > :15:21.remember what we are commemorating, 60 years upon the throne for Her

:15:21. > :15:31.Majesty, the Queen, in those 60 years, and there she is passing

:15:31. > :15:32.

:15:32. > :15:37.Mary McIlroy with that hat again. 92-year-old Mary. Britain joining

:15:37. > :15:42.the European Economic Community, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the

:15:42. > :15:46.release of Nelson Mandela and closer to home, the restoration of

:15:46. > :15:49.a Scottish Parliament within the United Kingdom. That element

:15:49. > :15:59.represented today, of course, by Alex Salmond, the First Minister of

:15:59. > :16:07.

:16:07. > :16:12.Scotland delivering one of the Her Majesty is being led towards

:16:12. > :16:17.the visitors' book, which she will sign. She is just getting her glove

:16:17. > :16:22.off in preparation. She has signed it before. She has been to this

:16:22. > :16:25.cathedral many times, but in particular for the Silver Jubilee

:16:25. > :16:33.in 1977 and the Golden Jubilee in 2002. Those of you who remember

:16:33. > :16:43.those events might reflect that this is a less formal occasion than

:16:43. > :16:55.

:16:55. > :17:05.those previous events. Packs in A little could see from one of the

:17:05. > :17:13.members of the congregation. -- a little curtsy. Outside, the heralds

:17:13. > :17:23.are waiting. Applause from those who have been standing so patiently

:17:23. > :17:29.

:17:29. > :17:33.for so many hours to see her Now, there has to be a Posy

:17:33. > :17:37.presentation. There are two girls from the Girls' Brigade, the oldest

:17:37. > :17:41.one in Glasgow, reinstated by the wife of the minister. Grace

:17:41. > :17:45.Clarkson presented the prosy, and she actually wrote to the Queen.

:17:45. > :17:49.There are members of the Sunday school as well, Alice and Fiona

:17:49. > :17:54.Baxendale. Grace Clarkson, who presented the Posy earlier, wrote

:17:54. > :17:59.to the Queen, Buckingham Palace, London, saying "I look forward to

:17:59. > :18:03.welcoming you to my cathedral". It is not just her cathedral, it is

:18:03. > :18:09.the Cathedral of the clergy as well and of the people, and it is also

:18:09. > :18:17.the Queen's cathedral, because it is Crown property. It is the

:18:17. > :18:21.Queen's Kirk. On this day, it belongs to Glasgow and Scotland. A

:18:21. > :18:25.thank you from the minister, Laurence Whitley. As her Majesty

:18:25. > :18:34.the Queen debars, so ends this cathedral service to mark her 60

:18:34. > :18:42.years of royal service. Glasgow has seen a kaleidoscope of Scotland's

:18:42. > :18:47.changing history. But today, the emphasis was upon Thanksgiving to

:18:47. > :18:51.her Majesty, Elizabeth, Queen of Scotland.

:18:51. > :18:55.A lovely wave from the Duke of Edinburgh. There is only a short

:18:55. > :18:59.time until we rejoin the Queen and Prince Philip in George Square. Tom,

:18:59. > :19:09.how would you describe the tone of that service, perhaps the only time

:19:09. > :19:12.

:19:12. > :19:16.the Queen has had U2 quoted at her? That was a nice touch. It was once

:19:16. > :19:19.again like that the secular aspect, the Scottish parliament, compared

:19:19. > :19:23.to the Westminster Parliament. The tone was a typically Scottish.

:19:23. > :19:29.There was tremendous simplicity running through it. The sermon

:19:29. > :19:35.itself was full of symbolism and perhaps not immediately easy to

:19:35. > :19:41.comprehend. But it is a wonderful statement of the relationship

:19:41. > :19:47.between the monarch, and also the changing times. I particularly

:19:47. > :19:51.liked the issue of the city being seen as it is today, because

:19:51. > :19:55.Glasgow is grossly divided between poverty and wealth. And that was

:19:55. > :20:03.brought out. But then there is the city on the hill, which is the

:20:03. > :20:08.spiritual aspect which we can hopefully all achieve and

:20:08. > :20:11.ameliorate the conditions in the City, the social conditions. What

:20:11. > :20:15.aspect of the ceremony as a whole, Kate, do you think would have

:20:15. > :20:21.appealed to the Queen? I think she would have enjoyed the informality.

:20:21. > :20:25.It was a bit less formal than the service we saw at St Paul's. Very

:20:25. > :20:29.little pomp. Much more about the people and the intimacy. I think

:20:29. > :20:35.she would have enjoyed those words from the young people. That was a

:20:35. > :20:44.great touch, seeing those people, who really are the future, at 14 or

:20:44. > :20:50.15. They are the future generation. Let's go back now to the exterior

:20:50. > :20:52.of the cathedral. The key parts of today's visit centred on the

:20:52. > :20:56.Service of Thanksgiving, and as you saw a moment ago, the Queen was

:20:56. > :21:03.presented with some posies by some young girls, who have had a day to

:21:03. > :21:08.remember. Isabel Fraser has managed to catch up with two of them.

:21:08. > :21:13.Yes, it is Grace Clarkson and amber daily and grace's mum, Brenda. This

:21:13. > :21:21.was a fantastic day for you. You did so well! Way you nervous?

:21:21. > :21:26.nervous, but I got over it. Were you nervous, Amber? Yes. You did

:21:26. > :21:36.very well. Grace, I understand you wrote to the Queen. What did you

:21:36. > :21:36.

:21:36. > :21:41.say? I said I have been enjoying the Diamond Jubilee on the TV. And

:21:41. > :21:47.I have been making party games for it and that I am coming to meet her

:21:47. > :21:53.at the cathedral. So you rode to her and said, welcome to my

:21:53. > :22:02.cathedral? And it is your cathedral. Have you been the stand-in Queen as

:22:02. > :22:06.she practises curtseying? Yes! These two were the first to join

:22:06. > :22:13.the Girls' Brigade, presenting bouquets to the Queen. We know how

:22:13. > :22:17.to raise girls in Glasgow. The royal car is making the short

:22:17. > :22:22.journey from the cathedral square, which was the centre of ancient

:22:22. > :22:26.Glasgow, to its contemporary art, George Square, where the crowds

:22:26. > :22:32.away to the Queen. Among them is our Laura Baker. What has been

:22:32. > :22:37.happening there today? You can hear behind me a group of

:22:37. > :22:43.another bunch of nervous youngsters. In the front row is Amy. Earlier,

:22:43. > :22:47.she told me she had lost six teeth. She is biting her fingernails.

:22:47. > :22:53.Earlier, we heard from St Paul's Primary, who have written a song

:22:53. > :22:57.for the occasion. Behind me is the marquee where the Queen will arrive.

:22:57. > :23:03.There are crowds in front, waiting for her. In the front row are Agnes

:23:03. > :23:07.and Rachel, top-to-toe in their finery. They have been waiting

:23:07. > :23:11.since 4:30am. At the moment, we are keeping our fingers crossed that it

:23:11. > :23:17.will stay dry. While we await the Queen, we can

:23:17. > :23:22.talk some more about the sermon. Tom, there were many things. We

:23:22. > :23:26.heard various metaphors, but overall, it was about service and

:23:26. > :23:29.sacrifice, again a reference to this incredible continuity of the

:23:29. > :23:38.queen's reign. Only one in six of us was alive when she took to the

:23:38. > :23:44.throne. Yes. Let me interrupt you - sorry. I don't mind being

:23:44. > :23:54.interrupted by you. The Queen herself is arriving in George

:23:54. > :23:54.

:23:54. > :23:59.Square. To cheers from the crowd. She is about to be greeted by the

:23:59. > :24:03.Lord Provost of the city, Sadie Docherty, in her role as Lord

:24:04. > :24:10.Lieutenant, and then by her deputy, Sir Kenneth Calman. It is a very

:24:10. > :24:14.busy royal year for Sadie Docherty. She only took up her position a few

:24:15. > :24:21.months ago. She said she was looking forward to the diversity of

:24:21. > :24:25.it. One day, she sees the Queen. Lovely reaction from the crowd as

:24:25. > :24:28.the Queen goes into the marquee, where she will meet some

:24:28. > :24:33.organisations who have received the Queen's Award, mainly for

:24:33. > :24:40.volunteering. Again, this takes us back to the idea of service, Tom.

:24:40. > :24:43.That is the essence of why she has earned such deep respect. It has

:24:43. > :24:51.been a continued contribution to society and to our people. The word

:24:51. > :24:55.that came up constantly during the programme was flawless performance.

:24:55. > :25:00.There has hardly been anything where she has stepped out of line.

:25:00. > :25:04.It is remarkable to me, with the trauma she experienced during the

:25:04. > :25:09.so-called annus horribilis, has been forgotten now. And it was only

:25:09. > :25:12.a few years ago. It is incredible to think of the differences between

:25:12. > :25:18.2002, the Golden Jubilee, which came hot on the heels of the death

:25:18. > :25:24.of Diana in 1997. And a very sad year for the Queen. She had lost

:25:24. > :25:28.her mother. People were talking about the end of the monarchy.

:25:28. > :25:36.Queen is riding high in popularity now. She is the most popular she

:25:36. > :25:39.has been since her coronation year in 1953, when the news came through

:25:39. > :25:43.that Edmund Hillary had conquered Everest. It seemed to Britain at

:25:44. > :25:50.the time that they were unconquerable. Things have changed

:25:50. > :25:54.massively since then. What has retrieved the situation? Have we

:25:54. > :25:59.changed as a country in the way we view the Queen, or has the royal

:25:59. > :26:05.family changed? It is partly the Queen herself. People respect the

:26:05. > :26:08.long effort she has put in. And as Tom was saying, she has been

:26:08. > :26:13.incredibly skilful at being politically neutral. We have no

:26:13. > :26:19.idea what she thinks about the political issues or her prime

:26:19. > :26:25.ministers, the many who have served with her. We have no idea. The

:26:25. > :26:29.younger royals have also done a lot. Diana died of course tragically in

:26:29. > :26:35.1997, but Wiliam in particular and Harry are seen as having inherited

:26:35. > :26:41.the mantle. The William and Kate phenomenon has had his significant

:26:41. > :26:45.effect. Firstly, we have had a short-term memory now as a society.

:26:45. > :26:48.It is so recent that this trauma occurred, and it has probably been

:26:48. > :26:54.completely forgotten. Those youngsters probably didn't know

:26:54. > :26:58.anything about it. Unless they have seen the portrayal of it in the

:26:58. > :27:05.film the Queen. But the other thing is something we talked about

:27:05. > :27:13.earlier. The context of an establishment being threatened to

:27:13. > :27:16.its very core by all these scandals, including not simply the world of

:27:16. > :27:22.commerce and business, but the world of politics and what Leveson

:27:22. > :27:26.is discovering, that, in a sense has enhanced her standing, because

:27:26. > :27:31.she stands apart from all that sleaze and therefore is a beacon.

:27:31. > :27:34.The extent to which the figures of establishment in this country have

:27:34. > :27:39.been relentlessly undermined over the last few years is something I

:27:39. > :27:47.don't think we appreciate. histories of the future will look

:27:48. > :27:52.back on these years. If it had not been for this cement and the arch

:27:52. > :27:55.that she and the monarchy provide, the true, if you like, we would be

:27:55. > :27:59.looking at interesting situations in this country. Let's look at the

:27:59. > :28:05.role of the Duke of Edinburgh. He was notable by his absence because

:28:05. > :28:09.of illness at St Paul's. But he was beside her today. It was lovely

:28:09. > :28:14.that the moderator, in his sermon, made reference to the role of the

:28:14. > :28:18.Duke of Edinburgh. He is her rock. She is the longest married monarch.

:28:18. > :28:28.She fell in love with the Duke of Edinburgh when she was 13. He was

:28:28. > :28:28.

:28:28. > :28:32.18. He was so handsome. He was about to go to war. It was 1939,

:28:32. > :28:37.when every girl wants to write to a young man at war. She has been in

:28:37. > :28:41.love with him ever since. He has been her rock. When he goes, it

:28:41. > :28:45.will be very difficult for her. We talk about how much longer the

:28:45. > :28:49.Queen might live. We might see another ten years. We might have a

:28:49. > :28:56.platinum jubilee in 2022, but it will be hard for her without the

:28:56. > :29:01.Duke of Edinburgh. This is especially true in the early years.

:29:01. > :29:07.But she has a -- he has a fascinating personality. He adds a

:29:07. > :29:11.degree of spice. In one of my books, when it was presented to him by one

:29:11. > :29:20.of his a cruise, he looked at it and said oh, no, don't tell me I've

:29:20. > :29:27.got to read this again! And I said, sir, there is not a problem. There

:29:27. > :29:30.is only one additional chapter. Thank God, he said. How much would

:29:30. > :29:36.his absence have been felt by the Queen in that Jubilee weekend?

:29:36. > :29:40.would have felt it a lot. She did look rather forlorn on the balcony,

:29:40. > :29:47.and a bit sad in the Jubilee Concert. When Prince Charles gave

:29:47. > :29:54.that lovely speech, eventually, it is likely that she will be living

:29:54. > :29:57.without him. If Queen Elizabeth holds on for a bit longer until the

:29:57. > :30:01.tenth of September 2015, she will be our longest reigning monarch.

:30:01. > :30:07.Queen Victoria lost Albert when she was very young, in her early

:30:07. > :30:11.forties. Elizabeth has had Philip as a consort. It is not easy being

:30:11. > :30:14.a consort. There is much more of a role for a Queen as the wife of a

:30:14. > :30:19.king. We have to remember that Philip was not with her when she

:30:19. > :30:26.was crowned. Always a step behind. But you wonder what goes on in the

:30:26. > :30:30.marriage. When King George V was crowned, they had their wives

:30:30. > :30:35.beside them. When the Queen was crowned, even though she was

:30:35. > :30:44.married and a mother, Prince Philip was not beside her. He was the

:30:44. > :30:48.They are an orderly husband -- ordinary husband and wife, but they

:30:48. > :30:51.are not ordinary. The thing I noticed the length of time it took

:30:51. > :30:55.the Queen to go and visit him in hospital. The ordinary couple, she

:30:56. > :30:58.would have been at the bed-side. There is a formality in that

:30:58. > :31:03.relationship. And when he was released from

:31:03. > :31:07.hospital, on his 91st birth day, she wasn't there, she was here, she

:31:07. > :31:12.was in Scotland? Yes. They are different.

:31:12. > :31:18.I he really is - she has to be polite all the time and never put a

:31:18. > :31:22.foot wrong and always be polite and he makes jokes that sometimes work

:31:22. > :31:27.brilliantly to break the ice. Sometimes they are a bit offensive

:31:27. > :31:30.and sometimes they are hilarious. Somebody should produce a book of

:31:30. > :31:36.his sayings. We are talking about the Duke which

:31:36. > :31:39.takes us on to family. This Diamond Jubilee celebration has seen a

:31:39. > :31:43.pairing down of the extended Royal Family and a higher profile for The

:31:43. > :31:53.Prince of Wales and his son, Prince William. Tomorrow, it is a

:31:53. > :31:55.

:31:55. > :32:02.significant day for the younger prince who is known as the Earl of

:32:02. > :32:08.of Strathern. He is wearing the thistle. You can see him there. It

:32:08. > :32:12.is the lower emblem above his belt. It is on the left-hand side.

:32:12. > :32:17.Well, ahead of tomorrow's inauguration, we met up with the

:32:17. > :32:27.assistant secretary of the Order of the Thistle to find out more about

:32:27. > :32:35.

:32:35. > :32:42.The Order of the Thistle was revived by King James the senth and

:32:42. > :32:46.was -- Sechbt and was devifd again by Queen Ann since it has run

:32:46. > :32:52.throughout with appointments every so often. It is limited to 16

:32:52. > :32:57.people. It was originally 12. I'm Elizabeth Rhodes and I'm I'm keeper

:32:57. > :33:00.of the records and assistant secretary of the Order of the

:33:00. > :33:06.Thistle. The order is the most senior order there is in Scotland

:33:06. > :33:09.and therefore, there is a great deal I would imagine of kudos that

:33:09. > :33:14.attaches to those people who have been honoured. They are recognised

:33:14. > :33:19.for all they have done for Scotland. The appointment involves first of

:33:19. > :33:23.all if they are not already a knight, receiving the accolade from

:33:23. > :33:32.the sovereign which is done privately and then being installed

:33:33. > :33:37.in a public ceremony. The most interesting thing about the Order

:33:37. > :33:43.is the chapel of the Order of the Thistle which is just 100 years old.

:33:43. > :33:50.It is very, very small. It is very, very beautiful and was wonderfully

:33:50. > :33:54.constructed in a corner of St Giles Cathedral and it is full of stained

:33:54. > :33:58.glass, wonderful wooden carvings and it is probably the gem of the

:33:58. > :34:02.Order if you like. The chapel is a history of the

:34:02. > :34:08.Order because outside the chapel, there are stone plaques with the

:34:08. > :34:14.names of every member of the Order of the Thistle from 1687 and inside

:34:15. > :34:21.the chapel there is a store plate for every knight since 1910, there

:34:21. > :34:27.are bosses on the ceiling, so it is a very, very small historic Cal

:34:27. > :34:34.record of -- historical record of just over 300 years of chivalry.

:34:34. > :34:40.Well, that was Elizabeth Rhodes. The eagle eyed may have spotted in

:34:40. > :34:45.the cathedral as part of the court of Royal Procession. The titles and

:34:45. > :34:49.what they represent are unfamiliar, but Tom, as far as the monarchy is

:34:49. > :34:54.concerned and the order of things, the Order of the Thistle, it is

:34:54. > :34:59.very significant? As has been said, it is exclusive. It is limited to

:34:59. > :35:04.the 16 persons alive. So this a sense, to get into it, it is like

:35:04. > :35:09.dead man or dead woman's shoes. There is one woman in it at the

:35:09. > :35:11.moment, Marian Frazer. Probably no no Scots know anything about it

:35:11. > :35:15.because it has the lowest of profiles, but it is interesting in

:35:15. > :35:19.this sense that it is second in order of precedence for those who

:35:19. > :35:24.are interested in these things in terms of order of chivalry within

:35:24. > :35:30.the UK, the first is the Order of the Garter, and the second is the

:35:30. > :35:33.Orderer of the Thistle and the a gift from the monarch. It is not

:35:33. > :35:39.like the honours lists where politicians have a major influence

:35:39. > :35:44.on who is getting it... It is up to the Queen.

:35:44. > :35:51.And so that's probably why people who get it, and I'm thinking now of

:35:51. > :36:01.the people who are on it. It used to be almost entirely the odd ar

:36:01. > :36:02.

:36:02. > :36:05.ris stock crassy. It includes academics, Lord Patel, a

:36:05. > :36:10.distinguished obstetrician. What is the significance of Prince

:36:10. > :36:13.William receiving it so young? is very important. It is up to

:36:13. > :36:21.Queen Elizabeth and she was the first person to say that women

:36:21. > :36:27.could be part of the Order of the Thistle. George VI brought in his

:36:27. > :36:30.wife. That was a special order and Elizabeth II said, "I want women to

:36:30. > :36:35.be part of this." It is very important to her who gets it and

:36:35. > :36:39.who doesn't. I think so. I think there is, I

:36:39. > :36:44.could only speculate about this, but I suspect also it is part of a

:36:44. > :36:50.wider agenda and the wider agenda is the charm offensive in Scotland

:36:50. > :36:53.which has been going on on for a few years since devolution and the

:36:53. > :36:58.pockets of something -- possibilities of something bigger

:36:58. > :37:06.coming down the track in 2014. Princess Anne is chancellor of my

:37:06. > :37:12.university plus the university of the Highlands and Islands. William

:37:12. > :37:20.and his wife met at St Andrew's University, but you could say

:37:20. > :37:27.that's an English university. So are you saying there is a

:37:27. > :37:30.strategy? I think it is certainly there and some of the evidence for

:37:30. > :37:33.it is in the public domain that this is going on, but you would

:37:33. > :37:40.expect this to happen. I think it is pushing William forward. We have

:37:40. > :37:43.seen him being a member of the Order of the Garter and now he is a

:37:43. > :37:48.member of the Order of the Thistle. The Queen is saying, "Of course,

:37:48. > :37:51.Charles is going to be the next king." But William is ready to take

:37:51. > :37:56.on more responsibility, be more of a working Royal and I think you

:37:56. > :37:59.know, it has always been important to the Queen that Scotland is very

:37:59. > :38:03.important and the Duke of Edinburgh can do less and less. I have been

:38:03. > :38:09.cynical about it, but there is no doubt about it, particularly

:38:09. > :38:14.Charles and the current Queen love the Highlands and the western Isles.

:38:14. > :38:24.This is not made up just to impress the Scots. This is a reality.

:38:24. > :38:25.

:38:25. > :38:31.Exactly. It goes back to Queen Victoria who bought Balmoral.

:38:31. > :38:34.So So is this a strategy to strengthen the bond with the

:38:34. > :38:44.younger generation? They know they have got a brilliant card to play

:38:44. > :38:52.now in the persona of William and Kate. This is, these are world

:38:52. > :38:58.stars and so the House of Windsor has, after the tragic death of

:38:58. > :39:03.Diana and and they are a much safer pair of hands these two, unlikely

:39:03. > :39:07.to cause instability, they are going to push this as part of the

:39:07. > :39:10.whole agenda because as we talked about earlier, loyalty to the

:39:10. > :39:17.monarchy can ebb and flow. I agree.

:39:17. > :39:23.The firm has got to keep pushing. And it is one firm. The year of the

:39:23. > :39:28.Royal Wedding was an extravaganza. The title of the Duke of Edinburgh

:39:29. > :39:35.when he is dead, that will go to Edward. The Queen herself when she

:39:35. > :39:41.was a princess, she became the rockstarment she was -- rockstar.

:39:41. > :39:45.She was the princess. No one wanted her father, they wanted the young

:39:45. > :39:48.married princess. The younger Royals get the limelight. She did

:39:48. > :39:52.herself in the early 50s and it is happening again with Kate and

:39:52. > :39:56.William. They are becoming everyone's focus.

:39:56. > :40:01.They have got in a way which they didn't have at the time of the

:40:01. > :40:05.Diana situation and the death, they have got a well oiled PR machine

:40:05. > :40:09.and although, we have talked about continuity, and the fact that they

:40:09. > :40:12.haven't been infected by the scandals that have gone on in the

:40:12. > :40:19.world of the political and business establishment, they have learned

:40:19. > :40:23.one thing and that is to help to manage the news and in that sense,

:40:23. > :40:26.I am not suggesting they don't get spindoctors of the Alastair

:40:26. > :40:31.Campbell type, but they are accomplished at presenting a

:40:31. > :40:39.certain image. It is very interesting that they have pulled

:40:39. > :40:41.back from the cameras coming too close into, you know, infill

:40:41. > :40:51.infiltrating the daily life of the monarchy.

:40:51. > :40:51.

:40:51. > :40:58.That happened in 1969. Also the media media has changed. We haven't

:40:58. > :41:01.got the same media as in 1997. It is like Elvis Presley, you have

:41:01. > :41:05.got to have mystique. You don't show everything.

:41:05. > :41:08.Well, let's talk about the Queen's mystique. You mentioned the firm

:41:08. > :41:14.there. It is a description of the family that we are familiar with.

:41:14. > :41:20.What do you see the Queen's role, is she still the Chief Executive of

:41:20. > :41:25.the firm or is she moving into more being a chairman? She is the Chief

:41:25. > :41:29.Executive. She is She is in charge, we saw it at jubilee interviews,

:41:29. > :41:33.they talk about granny. Granny is in charge. Granny is the one in

:41:33. > :41:39.control. She has great advisers and she, this is the big difference,

:41:39. > :41:45.they have learned that we have to respond more to the desires of the

:41:45. > :41:51.public. Her way of responding to emotional trauma was just get on

:41:51. > :41:57.with it, but Diana's death, the fact they had to make a change,

:41:57. > :42:01.there was a call for them to look at the flowers and greet the people.

:42:01. > :42:08.The institution of the monarchy was threatened.

:42:08. > :42:12.The Press was saying, "Come to us. Where are you?" It is strange for

:42:12. > :42:21.us to be sitting here looking at hugely successful 60 years on the

:42:21. > :42:26.throne, that now is seen as a blip. Exactly. Historians are aware of it.

:42:26. > :42:29.People like Kate and myself... the young girls... They were born

:42:29. > :42:33.after 97. It is a ripple that almost never

:42:33. > :42:39.existed. I think it could come back. Often

:42:39. > :42:43.in history we see massive swings between the swing gom ter of

:42:43. > :42:49.Royalty can go either side of the way and this is what everyone is

:42:49. > :42:53.aware and the Queen is aware of. It could go back. A few more scandals

:42:53. > :42:59.and there could be a swing. That's why the orchestration has to

:42:59. > :43:07.be persuasive and the news agenda has got to be, if not managed,

:43:08. > :43:10.influenced because it is true what Kate says, Victoria's popularity

:43:10. > :43:16.waned. Remember she went into seclusion.

:43:16. > :43:21.After a long period of mourning for Prince Albert.

:43:21. > :43:28.The problem which we see with our Queen as well, when you are working,

:43:28. > :43:31.when you normally lose your spouse, we would hide away, but you can't

:43:31. > :43:38.when you are Queen because being Royal means being seen. If you are

:43:38. > :43:44.not out there showing yourself, it doesn't work. Or not being seen

:43:44. > :43:49.because we saw during the jubilee celebrations a pairing down as I

:43:49. > :43:54.mentioned of the extend Royal Family on the balcony. Who would

:43:54. > :43:58.have decided that? Would that have come from the Queen? It is back to

:43:58. > :44:01.the advisers... And the Government. These are discussed with the

:44:01. > :44:05.Government and I think it was a very important innovation that we

:44:05. > :44:08.saw in the Diamond Jubilee barge and on the balcony, a focusing on

:44:08. > :44:13.the line of succession. It was the Queen and Prince Philip wasn't

:44:13. > :44:16.there, but the Queen, Charles and Camilla, William and Kate and Harry.

:44:16. > :44:23.Usually we see the lot of them on the balcony.

:44:23. > :44:26.As you were saying earlier Kate, that is one of the Achilles heels.

:44:26. > :44:29.This extraordinary family empire which has supported by the

:44:29. > :44:34.taxpayer... That's what gets criticised.

:44:34. > :44:39.They are vulnerable there and that vulnerability has been cut back.

:44:39. > :44:43.When people criticise the monarchy they say, "The Queen does a good

:44:43. > :44:48.job, but what are these extra people?" At the moment we are at a

:44:48. > :44:53.time of popularity with the month monarchy, but there are critiques

:44:53. > :44:56.about how much they are spending and that's focused on the minor

:44:57. > :45:00.Royals and the Queen was here focusing on Charles and William

:45:00. > :45:03.saying, "They are going to be the next kings." In her previous

:45:03. > :45:07.Christmas addresses, Charles has been cut out. This time he was

:45:07. > :45:15.centre stage and we almost accept that he is going to be the next

:45:15. > :45:20.king. A lot of people overseas ask about the monarchy and say she will

:45:20. > :45:25.abdicate and William will be king. Let me interrupt. The Queen is very

:45:25. > :45:31.much with us enjoying the adulation of the people who have gathered

:45:31. > :45:39.there in George Square to see her having very jolly time with smiles

:45:39. > :45:45.on their faces, it is nice the rain has stayed off today. There were

:45:45. > :45:54.threatens of heavy downpours there. We talk about how many Prime

:45:54. > :46:00.Ministers the Queen has seen in her reign, 12, I think. She has served

:46:00. > :46:04.along 22 Lord Lieutenants. She is having a chat with the people who

:46:04. > :46:08.have come to see. Lots of Union flags there.

:46:08. > :46:13.That's unusual in Scotland It is. A very, very jolly time

:46:13. > :46:22.there. The Queen in one of her trademark coats. It is said she

:46:22. > :46:25.wears a strong colour, a a matching hat so she can be seen by the crowd.

:46:25. > :46:29.Even her wardrobe is part of her duty.

:46:29. > :46:33.Hundreds of people in George Square there who have turned out.

:46:33. > :46:38.They are there to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty, one of them is

:46:38. > :46:42.Laura Baker who has been beefering around cot -- beavering around

:46:42. > :46:46.chatting to people and especially the younger people who have never

:46:46. > :46:50.seen her before who have only watched the jubilee celebrations

:46:50. > :46:55.wall to wall as we have seen last month and this month. What a thrill

:46:55. > :46:58.for them and for the older generation, who have said, "Yes, we

:46:58. > :47:04.have seen her before." But it shows how much the profile of the Queen

:47:04. > :47:06.has raised. Let's go to Laura who I think we can talk to to get a

:47:06. > :47:14.flavour of what it is like to be there. Lawyer rasmt

:47:14. > :47:18.The atmosphere has been incredible, hundreds of people waving their

:47:18. > :47:22.flags in George Square. They have their tiaras on to welcome her

:47:22. > :47:25.Majesty the Queen. You talked about generations a minute ago. We have a

:47:25. > :47:32.whole family here, starting with Katie. You were shaking when the

:47:32. > :47:37.Queen was here. Yes, I was so proud. What was it like when she came into

:47:37. > :47:42.the marquee? Wow, just goose bumps everywhere. You have seen her

:47:42. > :47:47.before? I bunked off college to see her in the late '80s. Why is it

:47:47. > :47:52.important for you to see the Queen? She is everything that is great

:47:52. > :47:57.about Britain. Every time the Queen checks a hand, all over the world,

:47:57. > :48:05.she is loved. I am so proud of her. You are dressed head-to-toe in

:48:05. > :48:13.Union flag finery. Where are we getting in these outfits? This was

:48:13. > :48:16.out of Primark. Other stores are available! So you were making sure

:48:16. > :48:21.them -- her Majesty could see you. This is something you have

:48:21. > :48:29.instilled in your daughters. Why is it important for you to see the

:48:29. > :48:33.Queen? Because the Queen makes Britain. That is what Britain means.

:48:33. > :48:40.You are dressed head to toe as well. Were you hoping to catch a glimpse

:48:40. > :48:45.of her? A year. Did you manage to see her? Yeah. Why is it important

:48:45. > :48:53.to come here? Because I have not really seen the Queen face-to-face.

:48:53. > :49:01.I only saw her on TV. So I thought, since she is coming to Glasgow,

:49:01. > :49:06.there was no hesitation. Have you been here all morning? Yeah. Making

:49:06. > :49:10.sure you could catch a glimpse. Trying to find a good spot. Becky,

:49:10. > :49:15.you have been here as well. What is important about being here in

:49:15. > :49:23.George Square? It is just amazing. I have never seen the Queen either,

:49:23. > :49:28.only on TV. I wanted to see her in person. You were waving your flags

:49:28. > :49:35.with the family. Has it been a nice day out? Yeah. What are you going

:49:35. > :49:39.to be for their rest of the day? don't know! KT, are you going to

:49:39. > :49:43.enjoy the rest of the party? Yes, we have got a picnic and everything

:49:43. > :49:49.organised. And you have been holding jubilee celebrations as

:49:49. > :49:55.well? Yes, I have had days in the local bowling club, garden parties,

:49:55. > :49:59.barbecues. And we will continue for the rest of the year! Thank you for

:49:59. > :50:03.speaking to us. The atmosphere here is incredible. People are making

:50:03. > :50:09.sure they are enjoying it. This is not the only union flag finery we

:50:09. > :50:12.have seen. There have been tiaras, head-to-toe outfits, people waving

:50:12. > :50:18.their flags and making sure they catch a glimpse of the Queen before

:50:18. > :50:23.she heads off. Other department stores selling

:50:23. > :50:27.Union cagoules are available. Tom, let's get back to what we were

:50:27. > :50:31.saying about consistency. It has been called beautiful, but as we

:50:31. > :50:35.all know, there is could be much soul-searching about Scotland's

:50:35. > :50:45.relationship with the rest of the UK. How does the monarchy sit

:50:45. > :50:46.

:50:46. > :50:53.within this? What I think will happen if there is an independence

:50:53. > :50:59.provoked in 2014 is that there will be a return to the old Union of

:50:59. > :51:03.grounds which was established in 1603, when James VI of Scotland

:51:03. > :51:07.became the first monarch of the new United Kingdom, succeeding

:51:07. > :51:13.Elizabeth. The Scottish National Party and Alex Salmond in

:51:13. > :51:19.particular are firmly on the record that they want the monarchy to

:51:19. > :51:25.continue post any pro-independence referendum. That will give comfort

:51:25. > :51:30.to the royal house, that that has been said so emphatically. The

:51:31. > :51:38.bigger challenge is what happens when this current monarch dies.

:51:38. > :51:42.There is clear evidence that a lot of the popularity of the

:51:42. > :51:48.institution is based around the survival of one person. And the

:51:48. > :51:51.Commonwealth itself. Jamaica has suggested it will succeed.

:51:51. > :51:54.question is how long the Commonwealth will survive.

:51:54. > :52:01.Australia and New Zealand are just biding their time until they have

:52:01. > :52:07.another vote. Things will undoubtedly change. In 1977, during

:52:07. > :52:11.a speech, the Queen spoke on behalf of the Union. She made a speech

:52:11. > :52:16.detailing the benefits of the Union. The Queen making such a comment now

:52:16. > :52:20.would be unthinkable. That shows how things have changed. It's also

:52:20. > :52:27.shows how close we are to where possible seismic shift within the

:52:27. > :52:31.UK. Nobody knows what will happen in 2014. But the fact that it is

:52:31. > :52:36.now out of the question for her to make comments about that

:52:36. > :52:40.demonstrates that this is now on the agenda. It is serious. You

:52:40. > :52:44.can't get away any longer about saying things about the union which

:52:44. > :52:48.could be regarded as even vaguely political. It has nothing to do

:52:48. > :52:56.with her, it is Gollum's choice. The question then will be what

:52:56. > :53:00.happens to Wales. It is unacceptable territory that you

:53:00. > :53:08.move into now. If we look back at the Gidley weekend, there were some

:53:08. > :53:14.who were a sighting of the lack of street parties here are as a sign

:53:14. > :53:18.of lack of support, but others said, that is just not how we do things.

:53:18. > :53:21.There were fewer parties here than in the rest of the country. There

:53:21. > :53:28.is another factor operating here. The Guardian had a ball a few

:53:28. > :53:33.months ago -- they had a poll a few months ago showing that Scots do

:53:33. > :53:38.favour the monarchy, but they are less in favour than the other parts.

:53:38. > :53:45.There were only 60 street parties in Scotland, and 20 of them were

:53:45. > :53:50.parties organised by the loyal Orange Order. So we are talking

:53:50. > :53:54.about 40 compared to 7000 in England. So there is something

:53:54. > :53:58.going on. But there is no doubt in my mind that there is still

:53:58. > :54:03.affection for this current monarch. But what happens after? Defection

:54:03. > :54:10.is riding high at the moment, all are agreed. How is it sustained if

:54:10. > :54:16.you are an adviser to the Queen? What has been interesting to me is

:54:16. > :54:21.how much of this celebration in 2012, much more so than in 2002 or

:54:21. > :54:26.1997, is about the history of the 20th century. People are saying,

:54:26. > :54:29.the Queen was born in 1926, lived through the Second World War. So

:54:29. > :54:37.few people now remember the Second World War. She is one of the few

:54:37. > :54:45.that can, in detail. She heard the sounds of the bombs from them

:54:45. > :54:50.Dunkirk. Then she lived through the '50s, the '60s, the '70s, and the

:54:50. > :54:56.great changes we have had. It is a celebration of the changes we have

:54:56. > :55:01.come through, unimaginable changes in England, Scotland and the UK

:55:01. > :55:04.from 1952, when she came to the throne. To think that Winston

:55:04. > :55:10.Churchill was her first prime minister, and he did not think much

:55:10. > :55:16.of her... That is looking back. We are going near the end of the

:55:16. > :55:23.programme now. If I can ask you both as historians to look forward,

:55:23. > :55:31.if you were historians of the future, how will they view the

:55:31. > :55:35.Diamond Jubilee? It can be viewed in one of two ways. As Kate has

:55:35. > :55:41.said, it could be simply another staging post in the continuing

:55:41. > :55:45.popularity of the monarchy. Or it might be seen, alternatively, the

:55:45. > :55:55.future is not my period, but one could speculate that it might be

:55:55. > :55:56.

:55:56. > :55:59.seen by historians of the year 2030, as the last monarch. I agree. At

:55:59. > :56:04.Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee, that was seen as the last time in

:56:04. > :56:07.which the Empire was still strong. It was disintegrating by 1897 and

:56:07. > :56:10.there were beginning to be uprisings, but the British still

:56:10. > :56:14.believed in it. That is what we will see in the future. We still

:56:14. > :56:23.have the Commonwealth and Britain is still a force to be reckoned

:56:23. > :56:29.with. And perhaps it will be, but by 2026, we might not have the same

:56:29. > :56:34.global reach. The best we can see by his done -- the best we can say

:56:34. > :56:38.as historians is that the jury is out on this. Whereas perhaps in

:56:38. > :56:45.1953, we would not be contemplating these potential scenarios of the

:56:45. > :56:49.end or the break-up of the monarchy. In the 1950s, everyone's loyalty

:56:49. > :56:56.was to their country. Now we are part of Europe and part of the

:56:56. > :57:01.world. Multiply identities. Perhaps the way to end this is "to be

:57:01. > :57:05.continued". Thank you very much. That brings us to the end of this

:57:05. > :57:09.special programme. The Queen's 60 years on the throne has been

:57:09. > :57:13.enduring, challenging, but ultimately hugely successful. Not

:57:13. > :57:20.bad for a woman who was never expected to reign. That dedication

:57:20. > :57:24.to duty has been marked today. Scotland is not only a part of the